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Korey Stringer's death, 20 years later: The lasting impact and how the NFL changed
Kevin SeifertJul 30, 2021, 07:15 AM ET
Close- Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia.
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Twenty summers ago, a healthy NFL star died after practice on a scorching day at the Minnesota Vikings' training camp. The words still sting and baffle in equal measure. Korey Stringer's sudden death at age 27 was not from a heart attack, a broken neck or an undetected genetic malady. The offensive tackle succumbed to complications from exertional heatstroke, an avoidable and easily treated condition that sports medicine largely ignored at the time.
The 20th anniversary of Stringer's death on Aug. 1, 2001, will bring a new round of pain to his fam
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Football widow takes on NFL
What does the American dream mean to you? A great job? A beautiful home? A loving family? The Stringers were living it, a close-knit family of three, in a prosperous tight-knit community. His career wasn't just any career. It brought him fame, respect, and more money than they ever imagined. And then it happened, a deadly accident on the job. The question of who was to blame launched a fierce David and Goliath battle: his wife against his employer.
Kelci Stringer: “They showed a film of him on the local news. And I've not cried or anything. And I busted into tears, because I haven't seen him. I miss his smile. and I wish I could reach out and talk to him and see him and that's kind of difficult.”
Kelci Stringer and her husband, pro football player Korey Stringer had it all, a beautiful young son, a big house in Minneapolis, and a $18.6 million contract with the Minnesota Vikings. Life was good -- until that day in July, 2001 when Korey Stringer die
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Korey Stringer was the NFL's Enlightened Man
This article originally appeared in the September 2001, issue of Esquire with the headline "The Enlightened Man." Tragically, on August 1, 2001, Korey Stinger, the subject of the story, died after succumbing to heatstroke on the second day of training camp. The horrible news came just as the article was about to arrive on newsstands. To read every Esquire story ever published, upgrade to All Access.
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